Carton



Aug. 20, 1929. w. H. RICHMAN CARTON Filed March 10, 1927 INVENTOR: William H Rzlcizmam, BY rfiazd ATTORNEYS.

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Patented Aug. 20, 1929.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM H. RICHIAN, OI PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CARTON.

Application filed larch 10, 1927. Serial 1T0. 174,152.

This invention relates to cartons serviceable as containers for definite numbers of individual articles or packets of merchandise, such for example as cakes of soap, or

small boxes of laundry tablets.

in stack formation for The object of my invention is to provide a carton of the above character capable of conversion into a dispensing and display holder, with the articles or packets arranged downward gravity feeding toward a frontal opening through which said articles or packets can be easily grasped at opposite ends and removed one at a tine as needed.

The above desideratum I secure in a carton which can be very cheaply made from cardboard or other sheet material cut to the form of blanks with scorings to predetermine, when folded, oblong structures capable of accommodating a multiplicity of individual articles or packets, each such blank having a small area thereof set apart by partial perimetric severance for convenience of subsequent removal to provide the opening through which the articles or packets can be individually withdrawn.

In the drawings, Fig. I shows the cardboard blank from which a carton embodying my invention is formed.

Fig. II is a perspective view of the carton after folding; and,

Fig. III shows the manner in which the carton is used in dispensing the articles or packets.

In carrying out my invention, I form by cutting or die-stamping from sheet material, for example cardboard, blanks 1 having the configuration shown in Fig. I. In the course of its formation, each such blank 4 is longitudinally and transversely scored as indicated in solid lines, to set apart a series of elongated areas 5, 6, 7, 8 intended to serve ultimately as the major faces of the carton, as well as respectively aligned end flaps designated by corresponding numbers with the subscripts a, b. The subdivision 5 has a supplemental edge flap 5 which is glued or pasted fast to the back of section 8 upon folding of the blank along the line at. In this folded condition, the blanks 4 may be conveniently stacked fiat for storage in bulk. Also preferably incidental to formation of the blank 4, a narrow area 10 is set apart by partial severing as conventionally indicated by broken lines in the illustration, said area extending entirely across the section 7 and part way into the sections 6, 8 to equal distances beyond the longitudinal scoring lines'ap, y.

In settin up the carton, the blank 4 is first form tubular by right angular bendmg along the several'longitudinal scorings (the sections 5 and 8 having been previously united as explained above) with the result that the sections 5, 7 respectively become the back and front faces, and the'sections 6, 8 the side faces of the carton. The end flaps 6 and 8 are next folded down and their tabs 11, 12 interlocked, whereupon the flaps 5 and 7 are turned in the order named and the opposing tabs 13, 13 on the latter slipped into the slits 14., 14 of the former. The carton is then filled with the articles or packets 15 (Fig. II) for which it is designed. \Vhen this is accomplished. the opposite end of the carton is closed by first folding down the flaps 6 8 and then the flaps 7*, 5 incidentally engaging the tongue 16 of the latter with a slit 17 at the frontal fold of the former, the completely made up package thereupon appearing as shown in Fig. 11, ready for shipment from the factory.

In converting the carton into a dispensing and display holder for the purposes of the retailer, the procedure is as follows: The top flap 5" is first lifted, and its tongue 16 turned back along the transverse scoring at z to bring the apertures 18, 19 (Fig. I) into registry, as shown in Fig. III, with consequent formation of a reinforced hanger whereby the carton may be suspended in vertical position by a nail or tack 20 driven into a wall or other upright surface. A small tab 21 initially partly severed from the bottom flap 5, is thereupon released, bent downward, and similarly fastened. In this way, the carton is effectively secured in place to the wall. Then by removing the strip 10, an opening 22 is provided across the front of the carton near the bottom, as shown in Fig. III, with the result that one of the articles or packets 15 is exposed to view. The proportions of the opening 22, it will be seen, are such that the ends of the article or packet 15 may be conveniently grasped by two fingers of one hand incidental to withdrawal from the carton, each such action being attended by downward gravitation of the stack above so that an article or packet is always presented at the openiug as long as the supply lasts. Obviously, exhaustion of the supply is indicated by absence of any showing at the opening, the one or two articles or packets 15 still remaining at the bottom of the carton being thereupon removed and another full carton substitutcd.

By my invention, it will be seen, I have provided a carton which is useful as such in handling and shipment by virtue of being wholly intact initially to serve as a closed container for smaller packages, and which can subsequently be quickly converted into a dispensing holder with provision facilitating removal of the articles one by one as they are sold by the retailer. In practice, the frontal and side faces 7, and 6, 8 may be employed for printed advertisements, trade marks, etc, and the back face 5 for the setting up instructions, to be followed by the retailer.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A carton formed from a unitary blank of sheet material scored to define elongated areas constituting front, back and side panels thereof, with a supplemental attaching strip and aligned flaps adapted as end closures when the carton is set up; a partially severed area extending entirely across the front and part way into the side panels to provideupon removalan opening in spaced relation to the bottom of the carton; a medially located retrovertible tongue integral with the upper end flap functional when folded back upon said flap, as a suspension reinforcement; and a partly-severed tab set apart in the lower end flap serviceable when released and bent into planar relation with the back of the carton as a supplemental suspension means.

2. A carton formed from a unitary blank of sheet material scored to define elongated areas constituting the front, back and side panels thereof, with a supplemental attaching strip and aligned flaps adapted as end closures when the carton is set up; a partially severed area extending entirely across the front and part way into the side panels to provide-11pon removal-an opening in spaced relation to the bottom of the carton; the lower side flaps having interlocking tabs, and the front and back end lower flaps bemg, respectively, formed with opposed tabs and engageable slits; a medially located re attaching strip and aligned flaps adapted as end closures when the carton is set up; a retrovertible tongue integral with the upper end flap functional as a suspension reinforcement; and a partly-severed tab set apart in the lower end flap serviceable when released and bent into planar relation with the back of the carton as a supplemental suspension means.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a carton blank scored to define elongated front, back and opposing side panels, with a supplemental attaching strip and end closure flaps; a partially severed area extending entirely across the front and part way into the side panels; a retrovertible tongue integral with the back upper'end closure flap serviceable as a suspension reinforcement; and a partly-severed tab in the lower back end closure adapted, when released, as a supplemental suspension means.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this 28th day of February, 1927.

WILLIAM H. RIOHMAN. 

